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Originally Posted by GeneticKiss
I still the the 360's controller is more comfortable.
@ Dr. Felikson: I don't see Nintendo as cheaters because their strategy is to market video games to nongamers by making them simpler. Sony's strategy was to market their console as an all-in-on entertainment machine. The difference is Nintendo's strategy is still based around video games, whereas Sony could sell PS2s to people who never played games. More sales for the PS2 equaled better 3rd party support than either the Xbox or Gamecube, both of whcih were more powerful under the hood. So in essesnce, they were making up for lesser hardware by throwing in a feature that gets them more customers. That, to me, is cheating.
I used to hate on them for killing the Dreamcast, but in all honesty SEGA sealed their own fate by putting more emphasis on hardware than software, costing them customers. I remember being a SEGA fanboy in the 90s...sure I loved Sonic 1-Knuckles, the Streets of Rage games, Revenge of Shinobi, and all the other greats, but I just couldn't get as excited about the Saturn as I could about the Sony PlayStation or Nintendo 64. Plus, the 32X and Sega CD were still pretty fresh in most people's minds, giving a lot of people doubts whether or not SEGA would support the system properly or just up and say, "oh no, the Dreamcast isn't powerful enough, so shell out $300 for our new and improved console" within 3 years. Sony didn't kill the Dreamcast; it's more like they pulled the plug after the Dreamcast wound up brain dead after it was in a horrible car accident with SEGA behind the wheel after they were binge drinking (and the Dreamcast was sober).
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the DVD player on PS2 wasnt just there to play movies though. It was a storage thing. A dvd holds more info than a CD. Thus a single PS2 game disc (DVD) could hold tons more data than PS1 before it (or DC's GD-ROM format... or GCN's little tiny mini-DVD's.) Once they decided to use that storage for their games, it just seemed obvious to allow for DVD MOVIE playback as well. If they didn't, you'd be calling Sony dicks for including the technology but not offering it.
it's the same thing with Blu-Ray on PS3. As a storage medium, it holds a ridiculous amount of data. FFXIII is a single Blu-Ray disc, but it's what? THREE FUCKING dvd's on 360? As a side note, I've yet to buy a single BR movie, but it's kind of nice that I have the option now. I wouldn't have bought a BR player ,but I kind of got one "for free" because I bought a PS3.